Postecoglou lauds ´disciplined´ Johnson after brace in Southampton win

Ange Postecoglou paid tribute to a “disciplined” Brennan Johnson show pursuing his brace successful Tottenham Hotspur’s 3-1 triumph implicit Southampton.

Spurs ended a tally of 4 successive Premier League games without a win, portion confirming their opponents’ relegation to the Championship.

Johnson scored doubly successful the archetypal fractional astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, taking his league tally for the play into treble figures, the 3rd clip helium has done truthful successful his career.

He is besides the archetypal Spurs subordinate to people 15 oregon much goals successful each competitions successful a season, different than Harry Kane oregon Son Heung-min, since Gareth Bale successful 2020-21 (also 16).

The Wales planetary was besides fouled for the punishment that led to Mathys Tel sealing the triumph from the spot, and Postecoglou hailed his performance.

“He’s ever a extremity threat, and he’s important to us,” Postecoglou told SpursPlay. “He’s conscionable truthful disciplined astatine ever being successful the close areas, and the areas we request him to be.

“Sometimes, I consciousness similar we fto him down by not being disciplined with our shot successful the beforehand third, due to the fact that he’s ever there.

“His wide play was truly good, not conscionable his goals, truthful I’m truly pleased for him.”

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Spurs’ triumph was a timely 1 up of their Europa League quarter-final archetypal limb against Eintracht Frankfurt connected Thursday.

The hosts were worthy winners successful the contest, ending the crippled with an expected goals (xG) full of 2.21 from their 13 shots to Southampton’s 1.04 from their 12 attempts.

“The archetypal half, I thought was excellent. We were truly disciplined, truly well-organised. We ever looked a menace going forward,” Postecoglou added.

“That’s astir apt arsenic threatening arsenic we’ve looked. We scored 2 goals, and had 1 disallowed.

“The 2nd half, not truthful much. We became mode excessively passive without the ball, and not assertive capable with the shot – we didn’t support possession arsenic good arsenic we should have.

“I deliberation contiguous was important. To get a win, get immoderate goals and get immoderate positivity astir the place.”